We got the results from last weeks Bone marrow aspirate, biopsy and LP all came back showing nothing which is so relieving to hear. That is always the toughest thing to wait on after all that Bryson has been through. Doctor Krance had mentioned today about maybe getting his PIC line out, YEA that means he is doing really good and we couldnt be more happy with his progress.

He has gotten his appetite back and is finally intiating to eat all meals plus snacks during the day. He looks so much like a little man, it is wonderful to watch him changing everyday and his haor growing in dark. He is doing great with OT and PT, will start speech hopefully tomorrow before long he will be jabbering and running around like a crazy kid and we are soo looking forward to it all. We so proud of him every single day and are thankful that he is our kid.

Thank you all for the continued support and prayers, it means a lot to us keep those prayers going!!

With love,
Steph, Tim and Bryson

Bryson has been eating a lot better and as active as a 2 year old can be, some nights he doesnt want to sleep, I guess he thinks that he is going to miss something..lol He becomes more of a character everyday and we just love watching him do things himself, sometimes he moves my hands away so he can do it, like MOM I am a big boy. Definatley different since we have always done everything for him but glad that he getting to those milestones he should be. He loves popcorn if he could eat that all day long than thats what he would do, he calls it pop pop, it could be bedtime and in his little whisper of a voice pop pop he is cute but not at bed time kiddo.

Bryson is fast asleep, he had quite the long day today, clinic, then to grandma's and then Shawna PT came and he walked to the sidewalk and brought us back some leaves..LOL He enjoyed it and wanted to do it again!! Tomorrow we are doing another BM aspirate and LP, so please send prayers out to Bryson that everything is the way it should be, thank you all!!

With love,
Steph, Tim and Bryson

Day 62 post BMT: Bryson is still 100% donor, he is getting infused with T cells tomorrow to help fight of certain diseases, he is looking really great, he is growing his dark hair, he is more active, he may get off TPN next week, we may cut down to 2 days a week for clinic....

Overall we are very proud parents and very happy to say that he is doing as wonderful as he can be doing. Couldn't ask for better results than what we have, thank you God for the many blessings and you all it means the world to us to know that all you keep us in your daily thoughts, may you all be blessed in whatever life brings you!!

With love,
Steph, Tim and Bryson

Well we had clinic yesterday and all Brysons counts looked normal for the first time ever.  Everything seems to be coming up like they should without any transfusions and the doctors really like seeing that.  It means that his new BM is doing its job and we are beyond blessed to see this happening!!

We want to first off thank God for being here with Bryson in this journey.  We want to thank you all for all the support and prayers it means so much, so thank you all!!

We will be having a garage sale on October 23, please check out Brysonrocks.com on the benefits page for all the info, if you have any thing you would like to donate to us to sale please email me stephwats84@att.net!!

With love,
Steph, Tim and Bryson

Today has been a week since Bryson has been home and praise to God how thankful we are for all the wonderful things that we have been blessed with.  Bryson’s counts have been doing beyond great and he hasn’t needed any transfusions which that is what the doctors like to see.  He has become much more active and eating pretty good meals, still doesn’t want breakfast but hopefully next week we will slowly get off the TPN so he will want to eat in the mornings.  He start back on PT and OT next week, taking it slow and also speech therapy, I do believe he will be running around and driving us crazy asking questions in no time. 

He has been sleeping until 10 or 11 almost every day besides the days we go to clinic, the doctors say that his body needs and deserves the rest and I am all for it he has been through so much in the past 2 months and that’s not counting the past 1 ½ year.  So if he wants to sleep all day he has the right to. His eyebrows starting growing back in about a week ago and boy do they look dark and now his hair is like a peach fuzz and dark too.  He has lost his hair at least 4 times and every time it comes in a light blonde color not this time, he now looks more like Tim than ever..lol!!  He is stuck on the Fresh Beat Band, so that’s what we have been watching unless we go to grandmas and we watch the Wiggles, he loves to dance and sing he even mouths the words he is such the little character. 

We are so happy to see the old Bryson back, there is nothing worse than seeing your child sleep all day and not feel good we do not like it at all.  We finally see his smiles, hear his laughs and just now that he is getting better every day.   We want to thank you all for all the support and prayers it means so much to us!!  Please keep those prayers coming!! 

We also would like you to send a prayer out for Jonathan O’malley and his family, he is having some problems and just had surgery yesterday. 

 

With love,

Steph, Tim and Bryson

                   

Well yesterday Bryson had his 1st clinic post transplant, it was awkward going to the hospital and to the clinic since we spent just about 2 months in the hospital but definitely a great feeling leaving, lol.  They took all kinds of blood for CBC, checking levels and then checking for all the other stuff like CMV, fungus, etc.  He has to lines and for some reason the grey one hadn't worked to flush since Saturday so they had to clean it and then try well it flushed perfectly but wouldn't draw back blood so when we go on Wed they are going to put altaplace (think that’s how you spell it), they put it in his line and let it sit for an hour to let whatever is stopping it from drawing back can be fixed let’s hope this works it has before.

 

We got his counts back and they are looking so great, they are starting to come up on their own which is a wonderful sign that this new bone marrow is doing its job.  Bryson is finally coming around, we ate dinner last night and he ate pretty well still not  to where he was before eating but getting there.  The doctor said that it will take some time for him to be himself, just being in the hospital for as long as he was and all that he has been through he needs to adjust to toddler world again.  We are going to start slow on PT and OT both are coming toward the end of the week, we will also be starting speech therapy within the next week.

 

We couldn't be more blessed and we are so thankful for it.  We have learned to appreciate the small things in life that’s what truly means a lot to us. Being the parents of a cancer child is not easy but so many lessons have been learned through this journey, that is what we take from all this we have become better parents, people and friends.  We know that Bryson was given to us for a reason that we never know but God knows why and that’s all that matters.  Thank you God, thank you all for all the support through all this and continue those prayers for not only Bryson but so many other kids that are still battling this disease!!

With Love,

Steph, Tim and Bryson

Well everything test that they could think to run they did and found nothing so they are thinking that its the whole post radiation where all of it just finally catches us with your body. He slept all week and then had no fevers for 3 days, so the doctors took him off antibiotics on Thursday and said if he does well than he can go home Friday. Well he did good and we have been home and just have been enjoying home. He does tire out more than normal but the doctors told us it will happen. He went to grandmas yesterday and had fun with uncle Dan that is nothing new, so today he has been a little more tired due to all the playing. Not eating as much we have to make him eat he is still on TPN going to clinic tomorrow and will ask about the whole eating thing, he still should be eating at least 3 meals a day and he barely does that.

We will be going to clinic Mon,Wed and Fri until they give the ok to move to 2. We are about 53 post transplant and on that we are doing great, his blood type is no longer A+ it is now what the donor blood typed is which is B+, strange but thats the way it works and it is working thanking God.

I want to thank everyone for the prayers and support means so much to us. Please keep those prayers going!!

With love,

Steph, Tim and BRyson

Well so far everything thing that they have ran test on have come back with nothing. They did say that some kids can get what is called post radiation, where they sleep all day get fevers and get sick to there stomach it usually lasts 14 -17 days but they have to rule everything out in order for it to be that. We are still awaiting viral test to come back either today or tomorrow, hasnt had a fever since yesterday. So if we go home this week and he runs another fever we still have to come back up here to make sure that its nothing, very frustrating that we dont know exactly what it is and if it is this post radiation there is not much we can do but wait it out.

Bryson has been up a little more today but still sleepy and not eating he has although been drinking more than usual which is great. We hate seeing him like this because well he has never been like this even through chemo last year. Pray for Bryson to get better quick. Thank you all!!

Steph, Tim and Bryson